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Research engineer in neuroscience – motion sickness study

Université de Caen Basse-Normandie · State civil service

En français : Ingénieur·e d'études en neurosciences – étude du mal des transports

This job in plain words

This job is about designing a sensory testing platform and following studies on motion sickness in marine settings. It is based in Caen, in the VERTEX research unit, within the NAVELYS programme.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Open only to contract agents. With equal skills, priority is given to disabled workers and other beneficiaries of the employment obligation.

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Bachelor's degree (bac+3) · Bac+3 minimum; bac+5 preferred in neuroscience, cognitive science, experimental psychology or biomedical engineering
Contract
Contract agent only, fixed-term contract (CDD) of 12 months, full time, subject to funding

The profile they want:

  • Bachelor's degree (bac+3) minimum; master's preferred in neuroscience or a related field.
  • Solid knowledge of neuroscience, neurophysiology or experimental psychology.
  • Experience running experimental protocols with human subjects.
  • Ability to design and adapt sensory and behavioural assessment tools.
  • Skills in collecting, processing and analysing experimental data.
  • Awareness of ethics and regulations for research involving humans.

What you would do

  • Design and develop a sensory assessment platform.
  • Help prepare and standardise experimental protocols.
  • Run and monitor studies on healthy volunteers.
  • Organise experiments across the partner sites.
  • Manage, quality-check and archive the data.
  • Help write reports and scientific presentation materials.

How to apply

Apply only on the university's own recruitment website. Applications sent through any other channel will not be reviewed.

Documents to send:

  • A cover letter
  • A CV

Good to know:

  • Some weekend work is expected when the platform is set up at the offshore race villages.
  • Sea trials on a sailing boat may happen, but they are not compulsory.

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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